All starts with the atmosphere, they say!
The Community
Our studio is located in the Gaswerksiedlung in Rummelsburg. This residential area built-in 1926 in the Dutch style for the then employees of a gas coking plant has been developed since 2018 as a huge complex for "creative industries and small service companies". With more than 6000 m2 and 300 "Gaswerkers", it is located next to the Berlin Funkhaus and offers, among other things, a large green space, a café, a cantina and even a fantastic Biergarten with live music.
The Booth
The recording room was designed with the purpose of delivering the best possible acoustics to the musicians during the recording sessions. The versatility of this 18m2 room allows us to record either in parts or live with the possibility of varying the reverberation depending on the objective. In addition, our 24 x 6 multicore allows us to track up to 24 channels simultaneously through our analogue console and record them straight in pro tools.
The Ship
The control room is our main workplace. In this space of 22m2 is where we hide much of our most precious toys. In order to achieve the necessary acoustic parameters that allow us to enjoy a perfect sound distribution, it was necessary to work with the best acoustics, both in the design phase and in the construction. This is how a varied combination of absorbers, diffusers and bass traps come together to deliver a room without colourations, balanced frequency response and a reverberation time of the order of 0.22 seconds and a music clarity (C80) of 27 dB.
The Tech
Mixing Desk
Otari Status 18R. 32 Channels Analog Audio Mixing Console
Monitoring
Focal CM65
Adam P11
Processing
BAE 1073 MPF. Dual-Channel Preamp.
Universal Audio 610. Tube Microphone Preamp.
Universal Audio 1176LN. Compressor.
DBX 160A. Compressor/Limiter.
Empirical Labs, Fatso Jr EL7. Tape Simulator and Optimizer.
Thermionic Culture, The Culture Vulture. Stereo Valve Enhancer.
SPL Stereo Vitalizer MK2-T. Stereo Vitalizer.
Ensoniq DP/4. Effects Unit.
Korg SDD-1200. Digital Dual Delay.
Yamaha Rev7. Digital Reverberator.
Lexicon MPX100. Dual Channel Processor.
Klark-Teknik DN 780. Reverberator.
Roland Space Echo RE-201. Tape Echo Machine.
Jomox T-Resonator II. Time Filter Matrix.
Nagra IV. Mono Tape Recorder.
Workstations
Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1UW. Digital Drum Machine.
AKAI MPC2500. Sampling Workstation.
Jomox XBase 888. Analog Drum Machine.
Microphones
Neumann TLM103. Condenser / Cardioid.
AKG C414 II. Condenser / Multipattern.
Blue Baby Bottle. Condenser / Cardioid.
Sennheiser MD421. Dynamic / Cardioid.
Roger Labs R-10. Ribbon / Figure of Eight.
Lewitt LCT 140. Condenser / Cardioid.
Electrovoice RE-20. Large Diaphragm Dynamic / Cardioid.
Shure SM7B. Dynamic / Cardioid.
Shure SM58. Dynamic / Cardioid.
Shure SM57. Dynamic / Cardioid.
Sennheiser e902. Dynamic / Cardioid.
Oktava MK12. Condenser / Cardioid / Matched Pair.
Beyer Dynamic MM1. Measurement / Electret / Condenser / Omni.
Soundman OKM II. Electret / Binaural.
AKG C 417. Lavalier / Condenser / Omni.
Instruments
Yamaha OAK Custom. Drumkit.
Rhodes Mark II. Electric Piano.
Korg MS-50. Analog Monophonic Synthesizer.
Moog Little Pathy. Analogue Synthesizer.
Moog Prodigy. Analog Synthesizer.
Roland Juno-6. Analogue Synthesizer.
Roland Jupiter-4. Polyphonic Synthesizer.
Nord Rack-2. Virtual Analogue Synthesizer.
Waldorf Pulse. Monophonic Synthesizer.
XPT70. Lo-Fi Siren Synth / Chitakay Special Edition.
Creamware Minimax ASB. Modelled Analog Synthesizer.
Creamware Podyssey ASB. Modelled Analog Synthesizer.